‘A Beautiful Noise’ review — Neil Diamond musical celebrates the solitary man and his career
The Neil Diamond catalog arrives on Broadway with guitars strumming, tresses flowing, and sequins blazing in A Beautiful Noise, a jukebox biomusical celebrating the renowned 81-year-old singer/songwriter.
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If the Refreshing ‘KPOP’ is the Future of Broadway, Consider Me a Stan
Against all expectations for a behind-the-scenes musical drama, KPOP’s storytelling is as sophisticated as its high-octane performances. Though the newly-opened Broadway musical at Circle in the Square Theater was a hit during its pre-pandemic run at Ars Nova, I was prepared to hate-watch it. Why? Because I wince whenever I hear the cheesy bops of […]
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In ‘A Christmas Carol,’ a Classic Tale Made to Feel Anew
“Marley is dead.” Everybody knows that. So it’s spoken, most assuredly, that first line of that familiar story. Starting with a match lit in the dark, a whole world starts to unravel around the sole performer who, with every small shift in his posture, and in the timbre of his voice, will embody almost every […]
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